| July 31, 2026 |
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| Can a new design save one of Minnesota’s most controversial mining projects? |
| NewRange Copper Nickel, the company behind a controversial plan to dig an open pit mine for copper, nickel and other metals in northeast Minnesota that was first proposed more than 20 years ago, is back with a redesigned proposal it hopes will pass regulatory and legal muster. |
| mprnews.org |
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| July 29, 2026 |
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| Proposed Iron Range copper-nickel mine, long a source of controversy, gets new push |
| The company behind the NorthMet mine has redesigned several components of its waste and water handling. Where boosters see an economic boon, critics warn of environmental consequences. |
| startribune.com |
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| July 29, 2026 |
[PRESS RELEASE] NewRange Submits Federal Wetland Permit Application and State Supplemental
Environmental Review Request |
| Hoyt Lakes, Minn. — NewRange Copper Nickel, home to one of America’s largest undeveloped
copper and nickel resources, today announced it submitted the NorthMet Project’s Clean Water Act
Section 404 wetland permit application to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and a request to the
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources to complete a supplemental environmental review
(SEIS). |
| www.newrangecoppernickel.com |
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| June 23, 2026 |
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| Morris-based mega-dairy coming closer to reality with key regulatory ruling |
| A proposal to expand a Morris-based dairy operation from roughly 8,000 cows to nearly 19,000 moved closer to construction this week with a key regulatory ruling. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency decided this week that Riverview Dairy does not need to complete an environmental review known as an Environmental Impact Statement to move forward with the expansion. |
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| May 6, 2026 |
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| A different Minnesota mining project nears a regulatory yardstick |
| Tribal and environmental groups have lined up against Tamarack mining project west of Duluth ahead of a summer public comment period. |
| www.minnpost.com |
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| March 18, 2026 |
Northshore Mining fined for letting wastewater escape |
| The MPCA fined Northshore Mining in Silver Bay $19,000 after repeated violations of its wastewater permit and Minnesota environmental rules. |
| www.wdio.com |
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| November 17, 2025 |
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| Twin Metals seeks to continue copper exploration near Boundary Waters |
| Franconia Minerals, a subsidiary of the company seeking to build an underground mine for copper and nickel outside Ely, wants to drill up to 19 more exploratory holes along Birch Lake, just outside the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. |
| www.mprnews.org |
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| November 8, 2025 |
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| Borderland battle: new act threatens BWCA’s decades-old wilderness protection |
| In October, a new bill was proposed called the Borderland Conservation Act, it would be implemented nationwide if passed but Northern Minnesotans are saying this unfairly impacts them. |
| www.northernnewsnow.com |
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| September 29, 2025 |
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| Let's scrutinize NewRange Copper Nickel's new mining plans - MinnPost |
| There are reasons to doubt the environmental plans proposed by NewRange, a joint venture of PolyMet Mining Corp. and Teck Resources. |
| www.minnpost.com |
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| September 28, 2025 |
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| New Report: Replumbing Minnesota's Landscape: How Agricultural Drainage Alters Rivers and Degrades Water Quality |
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| www.mncenter.org |
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| August 28, 2025 |
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| Press Release: MN Groups Petition for State Action on Agricultural Drainage |
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| www.mncenter.org |
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| June 30, 2025 |
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| Environmental group sues over tailings basin expansion |
| WaterLegacy alleged the DNR and Northshore Mining violated the Minnesota Environmental Policy Act by allowing construction before the project’s environmental impact statement process was completed. |
| www.duluthnewstribune.com |
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| June 14, 2025 |
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| ‘The river will not wait’ |
| MANKATO — Minnesota River improvement advocates said a system wide approach is needed to improve the Minnesota River watershed that is changing due to man-mad |
| www.nujournal.com |
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| June 13, 2025 |
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| Twin Metals copper nickel mine near BWCA would sit on already polluted Birch Lake |
| The MN mine would sit on a lake that flows to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and is already polluted by a former taconite mine. |
| www.startribune.com |
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| June 11, 2025 |
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| Trump administration moves to reverse mineral withdrawal that impacts Twin Metals |
| Another update about the prospect of mining copper and nickel in Mn. |
| www.wdio.com |
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| June 11, 2025 |
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| Minnesota mining project will not be part of federal budget bill |
| A U.S. House committee removed language regarding mineral leases on federal land in northeastern Minnesota that would allow the Twin Metals copper-nickel mining project to proceed. |
| www.startribune.com |
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| May 8, 2025 |
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| Talon Metals, which seeks to supply Tesla with Minnesota nickel, speeds up exploration |
| The company has dug or extended hundreds of exploratory holes in Aitkin County, MN, as it looks for nickel, copper and platinum group metals. |
| www.startribune.com |
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| May 3, 2025 |
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| Feds move to advance two controversial mining projects in northern Minnesota |
| Two moves this week — one by Congress and one by the Trump administration — aim to advance two controversial mining projects in northeast Minnesota. |
| www.mprnews.org |
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| May 2, 2025 |
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| New Trump mine rules beggar belief |
| The Trump administration has issued new guidance that could all but scuttle any significant environmental review of potentially hundreds of energy and minerals projects on federal … |
| timberjay.com |
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| May 2, 2025 |
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| Minnesota's NorthMet mine in Iron Range placed on Trump list as federal priority |
| The project in Babbitt, originally proposed by the company PolyMet, still needs to re-apply for a key federal permit. |
| www.startribune.com |
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